Three Jewish human rights leaders and three rabbis have launched an attack in a national newspaper on the way the government treats the children of asylum seekers.

Their action followed a report by the Children's Commissioner, Sir Al Aynsley-Green, which highlighted the arrest and transportation procedures children had to undergo and the living conditions at Yarl's Wood detention centre in Bedfordshire.

The grieving brother of a teenager who died after a go-karting accident in Hong Kong this week spoke of his trauma at her death.
Amy Coxall, 15, was driving with friends at the Diamond Coast International Kart Circuit in Tuen Mun when her kart veered off the track.

It is thought that her scarf had become entangled in the machine and she was pronounced dead on arrival at the Tuen Mun Hospital on Wednesday.

Amy was a pupil at Ilford Jewish Primary School for two months in 1999 before a change in her father's job took the family from their home in Gants Hill to Hong Kong.

Three universities have been slammed for hosting an extremist Muslim who has expressed antisemitic views. Sheikh Abdullah Hakim Quick has previously denounced Jews and homosexuals as "filth".

He was due to speak at King's College London yesterday after being invited by its Islamic Society.

The Qabeelat Al Shams group, a student section of the Islamic education group Al Maghrib Institute, asked him to appear at the University of East London (UEL) this weekend and at City University last week.

A leading defence figure has warned of "dark forces" exploiting the international media, including the BBC, and insisted that some criticism of Israel "is based on antisemitism".
Retired Colonel Richard Kemp told a 400-strong audience at the Zionist Federation's 110th anniversary dinner it had been a "privilege" to work alongside members of the Israel Defence Forces during his 30-year career.